Little Caesers Pizza Bowl

[logodawg]

Its nice of Mike Ilitch and crew to step up and take over sponsorship of the (former) Motor City Bowl.

As for the pizza...well, its not very good. Years ago it was awesome. When they figured out a way to mass-produce it quickly and sell pizzas for $5 each, well quality suffered. Its McPizza at best.

+1. This is a perfectly serviceable logo, even if the Pizza!Pizza! Bowl would have been one of the coolest bowl names ever.

And you made my day with the comments on the pizza. In the 1980s, LC was far and away the best pizza of the national chains (though back then, both Domino's and Pizza Hut were actually pretty good, too, back before each changed their sauces from tomato-based to sugar-based). LC had a really tangy spicy sauce, used excellent meats, and actually made quality thin crusts that didn't get all greasy and saggy. Somewhere around 1995, LC stores started to close all across the Midwest, and it seems that the company responded to declining sales with the following strategy: "Instead of making the best pizza of any national chain, let's try making pizza so bad that it will make Taco Bell taste like Tavern on the Green." Point is, I'd begun to think I was the only one left who could remember when LC didn't suck.

Now if I could only find other people who remember the time in '82 when a guy held the Washington Monument hostage and threatened to blow it up.

I remember those days, too, in fact I would say that at least around me (the Saginaw Bay) that it was round 2002 or so that they changed. But their sides are still good and I think the quality, again at least around me, is actually getting better.

[jab8281965]

[Now if I could only find other people who remember the time in '82 when a guy held the Washington Monument hostage and threatened to blow it up.

I remember that vividly.

I also remember when Little Caesars first came to my 'hood in Connecticut. They had the two pizzas they put on a small board and put it in a bag, not a box - which was akin to blasphemy in Greater New Haven.

[Wasatch]

[Now if I could only find other people who remember the time in '82 when a guy held the Washington Monument hostage and threatened to blow it up.

I remember that vividly.

I also remember when Little Caesars first came to my 'hood in Connecticut. They had the two pizzas they put on a small board and put it in a bag, not a box - which was akin to blasphemy in Greater New Haven.

Pizza in a bag, I've never heard of such a thing!

[mfoster]

Anybody ever hear of the Little Ceasers hockey club? Started by the same owner as the Red Wings, a kid I played with here in Kansas made their team and got all the free orange and powder blue gear he wanted. They also got all the Wings old practice equipment. He said they would just throw all the equipement in a room and it would be a mad dash with the players looking for numbers like #19, #91, and #5.

Jared Brown (Gardner, his dad went to Olathe South HS) played for Little Ceasers circa 2002. He played for the Lone Star Cavalry/Santa Fe Roadrunners of the NAHL in 2003-05, moved up to the Lincoln Stars 2005-07, and has been at Northern Michigan since. He's probably the best faceoff specialist in NCAA D1 right now.

As far as the game goes... I've seen pizza in a cup, but not in a bowl...

[Gary]

[Now if I could only find other people who remember the time in '82 when a guy held the Washington Monument hostage and threatened to blow it up.

I remember that vividly.

I also remember when Little Caesars first came to my 'hood in Connecticut. They had the two pizzas they put on a small board and put it in a bag, not a box - which was akin to blasphemy in Greater New Haven.

Pizza in a bag, I've never heard of such a thing!

Oh yeah, that brings me back to being a kid for me. Used to get Little Caesars every Friday before they closed down about half the stores in Phoenix

[BupsJones]

The first down marker should be a super long piece of Crazy Bread.

[Milo Meningocele]

It disappoints me that they're changing the name of the bowl, altogether. I'm not sure if the majority of the country knows that Little Caesar's is a Detroit company, so in their eyes the game could be happening anywhere in the States. Especially in these tough times, wouldn't it be a point of pride to keep it the Motor City Bowl? The Little Caesar's Motor City Bowl, or even Little Caesar's Pizza Motor City Bowl is still in line with most of the others in terms of length, number of syllables/words and what not. It's not an absurdly long and convoluted name, while giving it both corporate branding and a regional flavor.

And yeah, the placement of "Pizza Bowl" is unfortunate, especially if it's intentional.

[charger77]

Yeah I know what you mean. When I first heard about this I thought it was going to be the Little Ceaser's Motor City Bowl. I thought they would just be the new sponsors, not a whole new bowl. It seemed like it was starting to become a legit bowl (good name, gaining some prestiege) now its just another corporate bowl.

-Dan

[gueman]

Wasn't the Pizza Bowl the name of the bowling ally on Laverne and Shirley that Laverne's father owned?

[The_Admiral]

I don't know, and I don't want to know. My interests are numerous, esoteric, and weird (that's why I post here), but Laverne & Shirley trivia isn't an area where I've felt the need to develop proficiency.

I'd be more upset about altogether dropping "Motor City" from the name if the Motor City Bowl had significant importance. It's not like getting rid of the Peach or Citrus, which had name value.

[BBTV]

It disappoints me that they're changing the name of the bowl, altogether. I'm not sure if the majority of the country knows that Little Caesar's is a Detroit company, so in their eyes the game could be happening anywhere in the States. Especially in these tough times, wouldn't it be a point of pride to keep it the Motor City Bowl? The Little Caesar's Motor City Bowl, or even Little Caesar's Pizza Motor City Bowl is still in line with most of the others in terms of length, number of syllables/words and what not. It's not an absurdly long and convoluted name, while giving it both corporate branding and a regional flavor.

And yeah, the placement of "Pizza Bowl" is unfortunate, especially if it's intentional.

Much like I stated in the MSU-decal thread, why does anyone who's fallen victim to the "tough times" in Detroit care about the name of a bowl game? Will calling it the Motor City Bowl somehow make them forget that they're foreclosing on their house, or that they can't put braces on little Johnny's hideously deformed teeth?

[scraw28]

maybe the trophy will be a gold large pizza box

[scimini]

It disappoints me that they're changing the name of the bowl, altogether. I'm not sure if the majority of the country knows that Little Caesar's is a Detroit company, so in their eyes the game could be happening anywhere in the States. Especially in these tough times, wouldn't it be a point of pride to keep it the Motor City Bowl? The Little Caesar's Motor City Bowl, or even Little Caesar's Pizza Motor City Bowl is still in line with most of the others in terms of length, number of syllables/words and what not. It's not an absurdly long and convoluted name, while giving it both corporate branding and a regional flavor.

And yeah, the placement of "Pizza Bowl" is unfortunate, especially if it's intentional.

Much like I stated in the MSU-decal thread, why does anyone who's fallen victim to the "tough times" in Detroit care about the name of a bowl game? Will calling it the Motor City Bowl somehow make them forget that they're foreclosing on their house, or that they can't put braces on little Johnny's hideously deformed teeth?

Yep becuase the majority of the auto apologists here are funny like that.

[Burmy]

I agree with those who said it should be the Little Caesars Bowl! Bowl!

Can't wait to see what the trophy! trophy! looks like...

[charger77]

It disappoints me that they're changing the name of the bowl, altogether. I'm not sure if the majority of the country knows that Little Caesar's is a Detroit company, so in their eyes the game could be happening anywhere in the States. Especially in these tough times, wouldn't it be a point of pride to keep it the Motor City Bowl? The Little Caesar's Motor City Bowl, or even Little Caesar's Pizza Motor City Bowl is still in line with most of the others in terms of length, number of syllables/words and what not. It's not an absurdly long and convoluted name, while giving it both corporate branding and a regional flavor.

And yeah, the placement of "Pizza Bowl" is unfortunate, especially if it's intentional.

Much like I stated in the MSU-decal thread, why does anyone who's fallen victim to the "tough times" in Detroit care about the name of a bowl game? Will calling it the Motor City Bowl somehow make them forget that they're foreclosing on their house, or that they can't put braces on little Johnny's hideously deformed teeth?

Dental Plan!

Johnny needs braces!

Dental Plan!

Johnny needs braces!

[The_Admiral]

Why must you turn the Motor City Bowl into a house of lies?

[dfwabel]

It disappoints me that they're changing the name of the bowl, altogether. I'm not sure if the majority of the country knows that Little Caesar's is a Detroit company, so in their eyes the game could be happening anywhere in the States. Especially in these tough times, wouldn't it be a point of pride to keep it the Motor City Bowl? The Little Caesar's Motor City Bowl, or even Little Caesar's Pizza Motor City Bowl is still in line with most of the others in terms of length, number of syllables/words and what not. It's not an absurdly long and convoluted name, while giving it both corporate branding and a regional flavor.

And yeah, the placement of "Pizza Bowl" is unfortunate, especially if it's intentional.

However, the Metro Detorit's initial bowl game was the Cherry Bowl played at the Silverdome. While year before Chrysler moved to Oakland County, there wasn't much guff then.

The logo is seen here:

Yes, the helmet was upside down on the field.

[charger77]

Why must you turn the Motor City Bowl into a house of lies?

Nice!

[Sodboy13]

Shouldn't they have played the Cherry Bowl in, like, Traverse City?

[Milo Meningocele]

It disappoints me that they're changing the name of the bowl, altogether. I'm not sure if the majority of the country knows that Little Caesar's is a Detroit company, so in their eyes the game could be happening anywhere in the States. Especially in these tough times, wouldn't it be a point of pride to keep it the Motor City Bowl? The Little Caesar's Motor City Bowl, or even Little Caesar's Pizza Motor City Bowl is still in line with most of the others in terms of length, number of syllables/words and what not. It's not an absurdly long and convoluted name, while giving it both corporate branding and a regional flavor.

And yeah, the placement of "Pizza Bowl" is unfortunate, especially if it's intentional.

Much like I stated in the MSU-decal thread, why does anyone who's fallen victim to the "tough times" in Detroit care about the name of a bowl game? Will calling it the Motor City Bowl somehow make them forget that they're foreclosing on their house, or that they can't put braces on little Johnny's hideously deformed teeth?

Well, no. Of course it won't solve anyone's real life problems. But it's a small thing, and regional names are always better than strictly corporate, generic names.